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The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

ramesh31 wrote: post #37
vuln wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

THE MAN IN THE ARENA It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actuall…

>Theodore Roosevelt Excerpt from the speech "Citizenship In A Republic" delivered at The Sorbonne Paris, France April 23, 1910 Yeah, he was also a rich guy born with a silver spoon, who never faced any actual adversity in life, and so spent his time fetishizing those who do, while LARPing as one of them in controlled environments. Read into his whole trip through South America; it's an absolute disgrace. The attitude…

He was literally shot during a speech but continued speaking for an entire hour while bleeding out. Sounds like actual adversity to me. You're free to try that and prove history wrong.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-rooseve...

Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by pjmorris »

loeg wrote: post #21
janvdberg wrote: post #11

Side-note: I will always be in awe of the BitTorrent protocol. A resilient and efficient piece of tech that at its height was responsible for LARGE amounts of internet traffic (facilitated by sites like the TPB) and was (mostly) developed by just one guy: Bram Cohen.

It was designed by Cohen but he didn't write most of the commonly used implementations.

This seems like a great accomplishment; a design so good that others are inspired to implement it.

Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by ramesh31 »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #41
ramesh31 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Theodore Roosevelt Excerpt from the speech "Citizenship In A Republic" delivered at The Sorbonne Paris, France April 23, 1910 Yeah, he was also a rich guy born with a silver spoon, who never faced any actual adversity in life, and so spent his time fetishizing those who do, while LARPing as one of them in controlled environments. Read into his whole trip through South America; it's an absolute disgrace. The attitude…

He was literally shot during a speech but continued speaking for an entire hour while bleeding out. Sounds like actual adversity to me. You're free to try that and prove history wrong. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-rooseve...

And my entire point being that that was dumb. It doesn't make him tough. It makes him an egomaniacal idiot to have not sought treatment.

Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by PurpleRamen »

seanw444 wrote: post #18
automatic6131 wrote: post #17

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"Proof of Space-time" Oooh, what a fancy, high-falutin word for... writing bingo tickets to your SSD. Could more accurately be called "proof of bingo card", and then it doesn't infringe on actually interesting concepts, like relativistic physics. I remember when the new of Chia caused SSD prices to spike around the time I was buying, in the speculative fever for free money. At least it crashed, causing the Chia miner…

I've always found it odd that people have such guttural reactions to cryptocurrency. It's a technology. Calm down. It's become like politics now. "Fuck Republicans, fuck conservative nonsense." is what I'd expect to hear, not getting pissed over an algorithm. Kinda brings me comedic relief.

How is that odd? Technology can be bad, and most cryptocurrency is really bad on purpose. Also, people are more reacting to the abusive usage of this technology, and the mindset of people in that space, not so much to the technology itself.

Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

ramesh31 wrote: post #43
1970-01-01 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was literally shot during a speech but continued speaking for an entire hour while bleeding out. Sounds like actual adversity to me. You're free to try that and prove history wrong. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-rooseve...

And my entire point being that that was dumb. It doesn't make him tough. It makes him an egomaniacal idiot to have not sought treatment.

>It doesn't make him tough.

I guess your definition and mine are incompatible. The forensic evidence is quite clear: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Political_ad...

Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by inversetelecine »

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #20

I find the opinions of Peter Sunde in this article quite interesting. Even seven years ago he was saying that torrent sites had stagnated and there was necessity for innovation to protect against the vulnerabilities inherent in having only few large, popular torrent sites. So, this 20th anniversary is somewhat of a bitter pill to swallow for at least one of the founders. https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founder-pi…

There won't be a big wave again until something happens to cause one. Innovation is still happening, but it usually takes a big event to really spur things again.

Back then it was a combo of Napster going away, filesharing apps typically sucking, and the invention of BitTorrent making access to content really easy. Digital music and movies were new too and ahead of their physical media counterparts.

There are many great brains trying, and it will just take one of their ideas to takeoff and become another household name.

Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by grotorea »

devoutsalsa wrote: post #29
jiofj wrote: post #10

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DHT is a protocol that allows peers to exchange data about torrents and peers; you can download the contents of a torrent by its hash instead of having to download a .torrent file and connect to a server to find peers. Kademlia is similar for eMule, only that it also allows search.

> you can download the contents of a torrent by its hash How are hash collisions resolved? I'd hate to think I'm downloading my favorite TV show & find that I've downloaded something that makes ma attract the attention of law enforcement.

Aren't hash collisions supposed to be extremely unlikely in general?

Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by seanw444 »

grotorea wrote: post #40
seanw444 wrote: post #18

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I've always found it odd that people have such guttural reactions to cryptocurrency. It's a technology. Calm down. It's become like politics now. "Fuck Republicans, fuck conservative nonsense." is what I'd expect to hear, not getting pissed over an algorithm. Kinda brings me comedic relief.

Would you be happier if people were having their guttural reactions to the people involved in creating or using cryptocurrency instead of the technology itself? Would it make a difference?

Yes. Be mad at the people using it to scam people. Not everyone is.

Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

There was an article a long time ago about their oldest active torrent:

"An episode of the Swedish comedy show “High Chaparral” has the honor of being the oldest torrent. The file was originally uploaded on March 25, 2004, and although it lists zero seeders in search results, there are still several people actively sharing the torrent." https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bays-oldest-torrents-survive...

Re: The Pirate Bay's 20th Anniversary

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Post by vuln »

ramesh31 wrote: post #37
vuln wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

THE MAN IN THE ARENA It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actuall…

>Theodore Roosevelt Excerpt from the speech "Citizenship In A Republic" delivered at The Sorbonne Paris, France April 23, 1910 Yeah, he was also a rich guy born with a silver spoon, who never faced any actual adversity in life, and so spent his time fetishizing those who do, while LARPing as one of them in controlled environments. Read into his whole trip through South America; it's an absolute disgrace. The attitude…

Cool man. I appreciate your opinion.

I also agree that it's crucial to critically examine historical figures and not idealize them blindly, it's also essential to avoid oversimplifying or misrepresenting their lives.

Theodore Roosevelt certainly had privileges, but it would be unfair to dismiss his contributions and experiences entirely. The challenges he faced and his contributions to American history, both domestically and internationally, are more complex than a single perspective or narrative. Dismissing an entire life based on a few events can be as misleading as uncritical adulation.

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